security issue: DigiNotar root certificate hacked

[Scott Elcomb]

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 11:58 AM, Ted <ted.leslie-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On chrome, you locate the cert. , but Delete is not option, so "Edit",
> allows you to uncheck what this cert. verifies.
> Not sure why chrome doesn't allow one to just delete it.
> Thanks for the info. I wonder if this is the first time a root cert got
> hacked?

Nope.  Comodo was nailed not that long ago.  In fact it may have been
the same person behind this one:

<http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2011/09/comodo-hacker-i-hacked-diginotar-too-other-cas-breached.ars>

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